Summary:
ZIP code 92563 has three middle schools—Dorothy McElhinney Middle, Bella Vista Middle, and Warm Springs Middle—and all serve grades 6–8. Together, they enroll 3,455 students, or about 1,152 per school on average. In 2025–2026, each school’s all-grades proficiency results were above the state rate in ELA, math, and science. The most important takeaway is that all three outperform the state across these subjects, but the strongest school depends on the subject.
Dorothy McElhinney leads ELA and math, with 70% proficient in ELA and 52% in math; those results are 11 and 6 percentage points above the next-highest school, respectively. Warm Springs leads science at 64%, about 15 points above the lowest result. Bella Vista is lowest among the three in each subject, at 59% in ELA, 46% in math, and 49% in science, though all are still above state rates. School differences are widest in science (about 15 points from high to low) and narrowest in math (about 6 points).
Recent results show Warm Springs gaining in every subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: about 6 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 15 in science. By contrast, Bella Vista’s ELA result fell about 7 points, while its math and science results were nearly unchanged; Dorothy McElhinney’s ELA slipped about 3 points, while science rose about 3. SchoolDigger gives all three four stars; its statewide rankings are 368 of 2,703 for Dorothy, 627 of 2,703 for Bella Vista, and 506 of 2,703 for Warm Springs. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 24.9, 22.9, and 22.0, respectively. All reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025: 46% at Dorothy, 36% at Bella Vista, and 63% at Warm Springs. These measures offer context, but they do not sort the schools by achievement.
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